Leslie William EYDEN

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Service Number:	2208
Enlisted:	3 November 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Nepowie, Woolumbool, South Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Nepwoie Model School, Nepowie, Wooumbool, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Gunshot wound to the groin, At sea, on board HS Devanha, Greece, 26 August 1915
Cemetery:	East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11.Row I, Grave 145 Chaplain E. Raymond officiated, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrogin War Memorial, Pekina War Memorial

25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2208, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2208, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2208, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA

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Son of Eliza Fulleylove Eyden of Brown Street, Mitcham, SA; later of Tutt Avenue, Mictcham, SA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal